1 A nd make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits square and three cubits high.

2 M ake horns for it on its four corners; they shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 Y ou shall make pots to take away its ashes, and shovels, basins, forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze.

4 A lso make for it a grate, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

5 A nd you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will extend halfway down the altar.

6 A nd make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood overlaid with bronze.

7 T he poles shall be put through the rings on the two sides of the altar, with which to carry it.

8 Y ou shall make hollow with slabs or planks; as shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

9 A nd you shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits long for one side;

10 T heir pillars shall be twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver;

11 L ikewise for the north side hangings, a hundred cubits long, and their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver.

12 A nd for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten sockets.

13 T he breadth of the court to the front, the east side, shall be fifty cubits.

14 T he hangings for one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets.

15 O n the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets.

16 A nd for the gate of the court there shall be a hanging twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and scarlet and fine twined linen, embroidered. It shall have four pillars and four sockets for them.

17 A ll the pillars round about the court shall be joined together with silver rods; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

18 T he length of the court shall be a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty and the height five cubits, fine twined linen and sockets of bronze.

19 A ll the tabernacle’s utensils and instruments used in all its service, and all its pegs and all the pegs for the court, shall be of bronze.

20 Y ou shall command the Israelites to provide you with pure oil of crushed olives for the light, to cause it to burn continually.

21 I n the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which sets apart the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute to be observed on behalf of the Israelites throughout their generations.